Right before Thanksgiving Helmet made a stop at the Crocodile. As of now it appears Helmet has a bit of a break in touring, but in August 2014 Helmet’s Page Hamilton will host the first Helmet Band Camp. All Seattle photos by Monica Martinez:
Helmet
November 15th saw Alice Cooper sweep into Tacoma for a gig at Emerald Queen Casino. Cooper, prolific with 26 albums, ended his Raise the Dead tour at EQC. And if you didn’t know, Alice Cooper got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. All photos by Geoffrey Gribbin:
Alice Cooper
Lighthouses are cool. Thomas Dolby thinks so too – so much that he made a film, The Invisible Lighthouse, about them. The film has won awards at film festivals in the States already, and on November 18th Dolby brought the film and his music to the Showbox at the Market. For the evening Dolby played the film’s soundtrack along with the film, accompanied by artist Blake Leyh. Dolby, always one for innovation, continues to create new media, for example one of his recent creations, A Map of the Floating City, had a computer game. Dolby and Leyh also held a Q&A session. All photos by Steve Campagna:
Thomas Dolby
Robert DeLong @ the Neptune, 11/5
Show Review & Photos by Dagmar
Robert DeLong
Our own Robert DeLong (okay, he’s technically from Bothell, Washington) was here in November to open for Twenty One Pilots. He’s based in Los Angeles now and released his debut full-length album, Just Movement in 2013 and it is excellent. It’s one of the year’s best, no doubt. You probably know the song “Global Concepts.” Whether you do or not, DeLong headlines Seattle’s Barboza on January 23rd. Be there. For the Neptune show standouts were “Survival of the Fittest,” “Change (How You Feel),” “Happy” and a wicked cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Miss You.”
Robert DeLong
A world without Slayer would be a sad place indeed. This band’s music is a thing of great beauty, and we’re always thrilled to feature Slayer on Back Beat Seattle. They’ve also got cool fans, including one who put together a holiday light show to Slayer tunes in dedication to the late – and missed – guitarist Jeff Hanneman. Thank you to Alex Crick for the gorgeous Slayer, Gojira and 4Arm photos from the Seattle, November 1st date:
Slayer
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